HISTORICAL  REVIEW 


OF 


THE  ATCHISON,  TOPEKA  AND 

SANTA  FE  RAILWAY 

COMPANY 


(WITH  PARTICULAR  REFERENCE  TO 
CALIFORNIA  LINES) 


HISTORICAL  REVIEW 


OF 


THE  ATCHISON,  TOPEK A  AND 

SANTA  FE  RAILWAY 

COMPANY 

(WITH  PARTICULAR  REFERENCE  TO  CALIFORNIA  LINES) 


AS  FURNISHED  TO  THE 

RAILROAD  COMMISSION  OF  THE  STATE  OF 
CALIFORNIA 

IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH  ITS  GENERAL  ORDER  No.  38 


COMPILED   BY 

G.  HOLTERHOFF,  JR. 

WESTERN    ASSISTANT     SECRETARY 

LOS  ANGELES,  CALIFORNIA 
JUNE,  1914 


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HISTORICAL  REVIEW  OF 

THE  ATCHISON,  TOPEKA  AND  SANTA  FE 

RAILWAY  COMPANY 


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HE  present  corporation  known  in  the  West  and  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  as  the  "Santa  Fe,"  and  in  the  investing  and 
financial  centers  of  Europe  and  America  as  the  "Atch- 
ison," was  incorporated  in  Kansas,  December  12,  1895,  for  a 
term  of  nine  hundred  and  ninety-nine  years.  The  new  company 
was  formed  at  the  close  of  the  receivership  between  1893-1895 
of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  pursuant 
to  the  plan  of  its  reorganization,  to  acquire  the  properties  of  the 
various  separately  organized  railroad  lines  which  had  con- 
structed the  mileage  of  the  Atchison  System  between  Chicago 
and  San  Diego  Bay  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  Texas  lines  to 
Galveston  and  the  Sonora  line  to  Guaymas. 

The  first  and  original  company  was  chartered  as  the  Atchison 
&  Topeka  Railroad  Company  by  the  Kansas  legislature  in  1  859. 
Q£.)        In   1 863  the  name  was  changed  to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  & 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  and  work  was  first  begun,  nearly 
ten  years  after  the  charter  was  secured,  on  the  line  from  Topeka 
west.      The  original  line  was  chartered  to  build  into  the  coal 
"^•f        fields   of  Kansas   and   in   a   subsequent   evolution  built   further 
westward,    first   through    the    prairies    of    Kansas,    thence    into 
3  Colorado  and  New  Mexico,  opening  up  new  agricultural,  graz- 
ing and  mining  country  approximately  along  the  line  of  what 
was  known  in  the  early  days  of  wagon  traffic  as  the  "Santa  Fe 

O  Trail."  The  earlier  lines  were  entirely  constructed  within  the 
State  of  Kansas,  and  it  was  not  until  1875  that  the  construction 
of  some  mileage  outside  of  that  state  was  commenced,  the  more 
extended  operations,  however,  not  being  undertaken  until  1881. 
By  1  889  the  termini  of  the  Company's  lines  were  in  Chicago, 
St.  Louis,  Galveston,  El  Paso,  Denver,  San  Diego  and  Guay- 
mas.     The   mileage   at   that   time,    including   the   lines   jointly 

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owned  with  other  companies,  comprised  approximately  7,100 
miles  within  the  Santa  Fe  System.  During  a  period  of  five  or 
six  years  preceding  1  889,  the  construction  of  extended  mileage 
taken  in  connection  with  two  years  of  bad  crops,  adverse  rate 
legislation  and  an  extraordinary  amount  of  competitive  building 
carried  on  by  other  lines  in  the  West,  brought  about  a  con- 
dition of  decreased  earnings  and  occasioned  a  change  in  man- 
agement, under  which  new  management  a  rearrangement  of  the 
Company's  obligations  without  foreclosure  of  its  mortgages  was 
concluded  and  a  temporary  relief  obtained  from  the  burdens 
taken  on  by  the  Company  in  extending  its  lines  and  developing 
the  resources  of  new  sections  of  country.  The  period  inter- 
vening, between  1  889-1  895,  was  one  of  bad  business  generally, 
plus  a  ruinous  competition  in  railroad  traffic,  culminating  in 
December,  1  893  in  the  appointment  of  receivers  for  nearly  all 
of  the  railroad  properties  of  the  Santa  Fe  System.  The  year 
1  893  was  an  historical  one  for  hard  times  and  general  business 
depression.  The  bondholders,  who  might  have  recognized  that 
conditions  in  1 889  were  such  as  to  warrant  them  in  coming 
to  some  relief  of  their  property,  were  convinced  during  the  receiv- 
ership between  1893-1895  that  their  valuable  property  could 
be  soundly  rehabilitated  with  some  material  assistance  given 
by  themselves  in  addition  to  that  furnished  by  the  stockholders 
in  providing  funds  for  the  reorganization  of  the  company.  An 
international  committee  was  formed  representing  the  bondholders 
(co-operating  with  the  receivers),  directors,  shareholders  and 
others  interested,  which,  in  turn,  appointed  a  committee  with 
very  broad  powers,  who  succeeded  in  formulating,  during  the 
receivership,  a  comprehensive  plan  of  reorganization,  which 
united  all  security  holders  in  a  satisfactory  plan  for  the  rehabili- 
tation of  the  System. 

In  1895  Mr.  Edward  P.  Ripley  was  elected  President 
of  the  reorganized  company,  remaining  to  this  date,  (1914) 
as  chief  executive  officer  of  the  System,  and  under  his  conserv- 
ative management  the  lines  of  this  railway  have  not  only  been 
rebuilt  throughout,  but  much  of  the  mileage  has  been  relaid 
two  and  three  times  and  rock  ballasted  to  carry  safely  the 
increasing   traffic   developed. 

Under  the  plan  of  reorganization  the  bondholders  conceded 
the  necessity  for  the  making  of  certain  improvements  and  in 
providing  for  new  construction,-  and  of  the  new  general  mortgage 
Atchison  bonds  authorized  to  take  up  the  older  issues,  $33,- 
000,000  were  set  apart  for  this  work.  As  an  evidence  of  the 
ensuing  great  development  of  the  country  served  by  Santa  Fe 

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rails,  it  msry^e  stated  that  approximately  $270,000,000  have 
been  expended  since  the  reorganization  of  1 895 ,  partly  in 
increasing  the  then  directly  owned  and  operated  mileage  from 
6,427.53  miles  to  10,574.88  (owned)  and  10,771.45  (oper- 
ated) mileage  as  of  June  30,  1913.  The  cost  of  this  increased 
mileage,  including  betterment  and  improvement  expenditures 
covering  all  mileage,  has  been  financed  through  the  issue  of 
bonds  against  new  line  construction  or  acquisition,  plus  sale  of 
convertible  bonds  authorized  by  the  stockholders,  exchangeable 
at  par  for  common  stock  within  certain  definite  periods. 

The  policy  of  the  various  administrations  of  the  Santa  Fe 
System  has  always  been  that  of  building  up  the  country  served 
by  its  rails,  and  to  that  end  the  reconstruction  and  improvement 
of  existing  lines  has  been,  and  continues  to  be  so  conducted  as 
to  furnish  the  territory  served  with  the  most  substantial  roadways, 
facilities  and  conveniences  of  all  description,  with  equipment  and 
service  in  keeping,  in  order  to  serve  the  public  safely  and  effi- 
ciently. 

CALIFORNIA  LINES 

Actual  construction  of  the  earliest  California  mileage  was 
commenced  in  January,  1881,  under  the  original  California 
charter  acquired  by  the  old  California  Southern  Railroad  Com- 
pany, October  23,  1880,  such  being  organized  by  Boston  stock- 
holders of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  build  from  San  Diego  Bay  to  San  Bernardino.*  Control 
of  the  property,  however,  was  not  formally  acquired  by  the  Santa 
Fe  until  January  7,  1885,  following  the  wrecking  of  approx- 
imately thirty  miles  of  the  California  Southern  line  through  the 
Temecula  Canyon  by  floods  in  the  spring  of  1  884,  a  year  of 
unusually  heavy  rainfall.  The  California  Southern  stockholders 
not  being  willing  to  furnish  money  to  reconstruct  the  mileage 
destroyed,  the  Santa  Fe  was  solicited  to  advance  funds  for  such 
reconstruction  and  to  complete  the  line  to  a  connection  with  the 
Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railroad.  In  1 885  active  construction  of 
the  extended  California  Southern  line  was  undertaken,  and  the 
line  built  from  San  Bernardino,  its  then  terminal,  to  Barstow, 
making  connection  there  with  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railroad, 
then  jointly  owned  by  the  Santa  Fe  and  the  St.  Louis  &  San 
■ANCitorr  ijwuuiy 

*This  line  was  first  constructed  to  Colton,  (connecting  there  with 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad)  and  in  operation  in  the  Fall  of  1882;  later, 
in  the  Fall  of  1883,  the  line  was  constructed  to  San  Bernardino. 

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Francisco  Railroad  Companies.  Completion  of  this  new  line 
in  the  fall  of  1  885  and  the  inauguration  of  through  train  service 
over  the  Santa  Fe  System  from  Kansas  City  to  Los  Angeles 
(from  Colton  to  Los  Angeles  over  Southern  Pacific  rails  under 
traffic  arrangement)  was  the  direct  cause  of  the  ensuing  great 
development  in  California.  The  following  years,  1886-1887, 
saw  a  large  influx  of  population  into  Southern  California,  a  boom 
period  and  expansion,  particularly  in  real  estate  values.  The 
attention  of  the  East,  however,  was  directed  more  closely  to 
the  great  future  possibilities  of  development  of  the  State,  and 
from  that  period  dates  its  great  development  and  upbuilding. 
The  Santa  Fe  may,  therefore,  be  said  to  have  been  primarily 
instrumental  in  bringing  about  the  phenomenal  growth  of  South- 
ern California  in  particular.  During  1886  and  1887  practically 
all  of  the  present  (June,  1914)  Santa  Fe  mileage  in  Southern 
California  south  of  the  Tehachapi  was  constructed,  aside  from 
that  of  the  California  Southern  line,  which  ran  from  National 
City  on  San  Diego  Bay,  through  San  Diego,  Oceanside,  Tem- 
ecula,  Colton,  San  Bernardino  and  the  Cajon  Pass,  to  Barstow. 
Chronologically  the  Santa  Fe's  earlier  Southern  California 
lines  were  incorporated  as  follows: 

CALIFORNIA  SOUTHERN  RAILROAD  COMPANY 
— October  23,  1  880 — Chartered  to  build  from  National  City 
on  Bay  of  San  Diego  to  Town  of  San  Bernardino.  (See  fore- 
going reference  as  to  history  of  organization.) 

CALIFORNIA  SOUTHERN  EXTENSION  RAIL- 
ROAD COMPANY— May  24,  1  88 1 —Chartered  to  build 
from  terminus  of  railroad  of  California  Southern  Railroad  Com- 
pany, through  San  Bernardino  Range  of  Mountains  to  a  point 
intersecting  the  line  of  railroad  of  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad 
Company.     Constructed  from  San  Bernardino  to  Barstow. 

CALIFORNIA  SOUTHERN  RAILROAD  COMPANY 
— January  1  0,  1  882 — Consolidation  of  above  two  Companies. 


LOS  ANGELES  &  SAN  GABRIEL  VALLEY  RAIL- 
ROAD COMPANY— September  5,  1  883— Chartered  by 
individuals  resident  in  Southern  California  to  construct  a  line 
of  railroad  from  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  head  of  Azusa  Valley 
in  Los  Angeles  County.  Partly  completed  and  ownership  of 
stock  acquired  by  the  Santa  Fe  in   1887. 

RIVERSIDE,  SANTA  ANA  AND  LOS  ANGELES 
RAILWAY  COMPANY— September  29,  1 885— Chartered 

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by  Santa  Fe  interests  to  build  from  Town  of  San  Bernardino 
in  a  general  westerly  direction  by  way  of  Riverside,  Arlington 
and  the  Santa  Ana  Valley  to  City  of  Los  Angeles. 

LOS  ANGELES  AND  SANTA  MONICA  RAILROAD 
COMPANY — January  6,  1886 — Chartered  by  individuals 
to  build  a  line  of  railroad  from  City  of  Los  Angeles  to  a  point 
on  Bay  of  San  Monica,  Los  Angeles  County.  Stock  ownership 
acquired  by  Santa  Fe  in  1887. 

SAN  DIEGO  CENTRAL  RAILROAD  COMPANY— 
November  8,  1 886  —  (Amended  articles  filed  March  1 4, 
1887.)  Chartered  by  Santa  Fe  interests  to  build  from  or 
near  Bay  of  San  Diego,  through  Cajon  Valley,  Poway,  San 
Bernardo,  Escondido  and  Oceanside,  all  in  County  of  San 
Diego.    (Constructed  Escondido  to  Oceanside  only). 

SAN  BERNARDINO  AND  SAN  DIEGO  RAILWAY 
COMPANY— November  20,  1  886— Chartered  to  build  from 
a  junction  with  line  of  railroad  of  Riverside,  Santa  Ana  and 
Los  Angeles  Railroad  Company  at  or  near  Anaheim,  Los  An- 
geles County,  via  San  Juan  Capistrano  and  Oceanside  to  City 
of  San  Diego.  (Constructed  from  a  point  near  north  city  limits 
of  San  Ana  to  Fallbrook  Junction  near  Oceanside  on  old  Cali- 
fornia Southern  line.) 

SAN  BERNARDINO  AND  LOS  ANGELES  RAIL- 
WAY COMPANY— November  22,  1  886— Chartered  to 
build  from  City  of  San  Bernardino  to  City  of  Los  Angeles  by 
most  direct  and  feasible  route  (this  route  constitutes  the  present 
line  between  San  Bernardino  and  Los  Angeles  via  Pasadena). 
Constructed  to  connect  with  mileage  built  under  charter  of  Los 
Angeles  &  San  Gabriel  Valley  Railway  Company. 

SAN  BERNARDINO  VALLEY  RAILWAY  COM- 
PANY—January  12,  1887— Chartered  to  build  from  City  of 
San  Bernardino  to  a  place  at  or  near  Lugonia  in  San  Bernardino 
County,  (adjoining  Redlands).  Constructed  San  Bernardino 
to  Mentone. 

SAN  JACINTO  VALLEY  RAILWAY  COMPANY— 
March  7,  1887 — Chartered  to  build  from  Town  of  Perris 
on  line  of  California  Southern  Railroad  Company  to  a  point  in 
eastern  portion  of  San  Jacinto  Valley.  (Constructed  to  San 
Jacinto.) 

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CALIFORNIA  CENTRAL  RAILWAY  COMPANY— 
May  20,  1887 — This  corporation  formed  by  consolidation  of 
the  preceding  eight  companies. 


REDONDO  BEACH  RAILWAY  COMPANY  —  April 
23,  1 888 — Chartered  to  build  from  a  point  on  line  of  Cali- 
fornia Central  Railway  Company  at  or  near  Inglewood,  Los 
Angeles  County,  by  most  feasible  route  to  Redondo  Beach. 

SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  RAILWAY  COMPANY— 

November  7,  1  889 — Formed  by  consolidation  of 

California   Southern   Railroad   Company, 
California  Central  Railway  Company, 
Redondo  Beach  Railway  Company. 


THE  SAN  BERNARDINO  &  EASTERN  RAILWAY 
COMPANY— August  11,1  890— Chartered  to  build  from 
City  of  San  Bernardino  via  Highlands  to  connect  with  line  of 
Southern  California  Railway  Company  at  or  near  its  terminus 
in  San  Bernardino  County  (connecting  at  Mentone  with  mileage 
built  to  that  point  in  1887  under  charter  of  San  Bernardino 
Valley  Railway  Company). 

SANTA  FE  AND  SANTA  MONICA  RAILWAY  COM- 
PANY— April  4,  1  892 — Chartered  to  build  from  a  point  at 
or  near  "Mesmer  Station"  on  line  of  Southern  California  Rail- 
way Company  between  Inglewood  and  Ballona,  Los  Angeles 
County,  to  Town  of  Santa  Monica.  (This  franchise  and  track- 
age sold  March  21,  1902,  to  Los  Angeles  Pacific  Railroad 
Company,  including  line  from  Inglewood  to  near  Mesmer  Station 
built  under  charter  of  Los  Angeles  and  Santa  Monica  Railroad 
Company. ) 

SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA  RAILWAY  COMPANY 
— June  27,  1892 — This  corporation  formed  by  consolidation 
of  former  Southern  California  Railway  Company  and  above  two 
last  named  Companies. 


ELSINORE,  POMONA  AND  LOS  ANGELES  RAIL- 
WAY COMPANY— December  6,  1  895— Chartered  to  build 
from  City  of  Elsinore,  (Riverside  County),  in  a  general  north- 
westerly direction  by  way  of  Pomona  to  Azusa   (Los  Angeles 

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County)  with  a  branch  from  Pomona  to  Lordsburg.  (Con- 
struction completed  only  from  Elsinore  Junction  on  line  of 
Southern  California  Railway  to  Alberhill,  7.76  miles.)  This 
line  of  Railway  deeded  to  Southern  California  Railway  Com- 
pany May   1,    1899. 

All  of  the  above  owned  mileage  in  Southern  California  was 
conveyed  by  Southern  California  Railway  Company  to  The 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company  by  deed 
dated  January  1  7,   1 906. 


ADDITIONAL  CALIFORNIA  MILEAGE 

SANTA  FE  The  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  West- 

PACIFIC  ern  Division,  owned  jointly,   (as  stated  herein) 

RAILROAD  by  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
COMPANY  and  St.  Louis  &  San  Francisco  Railway  Com- 
panies—  operating  its  own  line  from  Isleta, 
near  Albuquerque,  to  Needles,  California,  with  a  lease  on  the 
line  as  constructed  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company 
between  Needles  and  Mojave,  California — went  into  Receiver- 
ship January  4,  1894.  By  July  1,  1897  the  Santa  Fe  had 
purchased  the  property  of  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany at  foreclosure  sale,  taking  title  in  the  Santa  Fe  Pacific 
Railroad  Company,  a  new  corporation,  organized  with  a  federal 
charter,  of  date  June  16,   1897,  to  acquire  the  same. 

By  deed  dated  July  1 ,  1 903  the  Santa  Fe  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  conveyed  its  line  of  railroad  to  The  Atchison,  Topeka 
and  Santa  Railway  Company.  Subsequently  by  sale  agree- 
ment dated  December  27,  191  1,  Santa  Fe  interests  (The  Cali- 
fornia, Arizona  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company  as  hereinafter 
referred  to),  came  into  direct  legal  ownership  of  the  Needles- 
Mojave  Line,  transferring  the  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  and 
its  connecting  Sonora  Railway  lines  to  the  Southern  Pacific  in 
exchange.  In  connection  therewith  a  new  and  broader  agree- 
ment was  entered  into  with  the  Southern  Pacific  Company  for 
joint  usage  of  the  Mojave-Bakersfield  line  over  the  Tehachapi 
Pass,  which  is  treated  in  effect  as  a  great  bridge  over  the  mountain 
range. 

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THE  SAN   FRANCISCO  On  February  26,  1  895  The 

&  SAN   JOAQUIN  San  Francisco  &  San  Joaquin 

VALLEY   RAILWAY  Valley  Railway  Company  was 

COMPANY  incorporated  by  San  Francisco 

merchants  and  capitalists  to 
build  from  San  Francisco  Bay  down  the  San  Joaquin  Valley, 
generally  easterly  from  but  substantially  to  follow  and  compete 
with  the  line  built  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  Company 
to  Bakersfield.  Although  the  construction  of  this  line  was  not 
fully  completed  until  July,  1900,  the  stockholders  in  1899 
entered  into  negotiations  which  terminated  in  the  purchase  of 
the  property  by  the  Santa  Fe  at  its  cost  to  the  stockholders. 
The  operation  of  the  property  was  formally  taken  over  by 
Santa  Fe  officials  on  July  1  7,  1  900,  and  by  deed  dated  April 
1,  1901,  the  property  was  formally  conveyed  to  The  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company,  and  thereafter  oper- 
ated as  the  Valley  Division  of  the  Coast  Lines  of  Santa  Fe, 
so  that  now,  (June,  1914),  the  legal  title  to  all  of  the  exclusively 
owned  lines  in  California  has  been  conveyed  to  The  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company — excepting  only  some 
small  connecting  lines,  (as  listed  hereunder),  separately  organ- 
ized and  subsequently,  on  December  28,  1911,  conveyed  to 
tutt  pai  irnoMTA  The  California,  Arizona  and  Santa 
ARIZONA    AND  Fe  RaiIway  ComPany*  incorporated 

S  ANT  A  FE  December  21,  1911  to  acquire  these 

RATI  WAV  anc^    sim^ar   nnes    m    Arizona,    and 

myPAWY  primarily    the    Needles-Mojave    line 

L.UMKA1N  Y  taken  oyer  from  the  southern  Pacific 

Railroad  Company  as  previously  referred  to.  The  California 
lines  acquired  by  The  California,  Arizona  and  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
way Company  (a  bound  volume  pertaining  to  organization  of 
said  Company,  being  on  file  with  the  Railroad  Commission) 
were  constructed  under  the  following  Charters: 

THE  CALIFORNIA  EASTERN  RAILWAY  COM- 
PANY— Incorporated,  Colorado,  October  30,  1  895,  by  Roger 
W.  Woodbury  and  associates  of  Denver.  Chartered  to  build 
from  Blake  Station,  (now  Goffs)  on  (leased)  line  of  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  Railroad,  San  Bernardino  County,  California,  to 
Goode  Springs,  Lincoln  County  (now  Clark  County),  Nevada. 
Also  to  purchase  the  railroad  and  telegraph  line  heretofore  built 
along  a  portion  of  above  route  by  Nevada  Southern  Railway 
Company  (Incorporated  Colorado,  November  26,  1892). 
Constructed  Goffs  to  Ivanpah,  all  in  San  Bernardino  County, 

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California.  Ownership  acquired  by  Santa  Fe  through  purchase 
of  stock,  in  1902. 

RANDSBURG  RAILWAY  COMPANY  —  Incorporated, 
Arizona,  May  1  8,  1  897,  by  individuals  resident  of  Los  Angeles, 
California,  and  Phoenix,  Arizona.  Chartered  to  build  from 
Kramer — on  (leased)  line  of  Santa  Fe  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany— San  Bernardino  County,  to  Randsburg,  Kern  County, 
California.  Constructed  Kramer  to  Johannesburg.  Owner- 
ship acquired  by  Santa  Fe  through  purchase  of  stock,  in  1  903. 

PERRIS  AND  LAKEVIEW  RAILWAY  COMPANY— 
Incorporated,  California,  November  1 ,  1  898  by  Santa  Fe  in- 
terests. Chartered  to  build  from  Town  of  Perris  to  Lakeview, 
Riverside  County,  California. 

OAKLAND  AND  EASTSIDE  RAILROAD  COM- 
PANY— Incorporated,  California,  March  6,  1  902.  Chartered 
to  acquire  The  California  and  Nevada  Railroad  (sold  under 
foreclosure  proceedings  July  9,  1901)  and  to  construct  a  rail- 
road from  a  terminal  in  Oakland,  through  Emeryville  and  Ber- 
keley, Alameda  County,  thence  through  Alameda  and  Contra 
Costa  Counties,  etc.      Constructed  Richmond  to  Oakland. 

OAKDALE  WESTERN  RAILWAY  COMPANY— In- 
corporated, California,  June  24,  1 904.  Chartered  to  build 
from  Riverbank  to  Oakdale  in  Stanislaus  County,  California. 
(Connecting  at  Oakdale  with  the  Sierra  Railway.) 

FRESNO  COUNTY  RAILWAY— Incorporated,  California, 
July  25,  1905.  Chartered  to  build  from  Town  of  Reedley  to 
Wahtoke  Winery,  thence  to  Town  of  Bullard,  Fresno  County, 
California.      Constructed   from   Reedley  to  Wahtoke  Winery. 

BARNWELL  &  SEARCHLIGHT  RAILWAY  COM- 
PANY—Incorporated,  California,  April  16,  1906.  Char- 
tered to  build  from  a  Junction  with  The  California  Eastern 
Railway  at  Barnwell,  San  Bernardino  County,  California,  to 
Searchlight,  Lincoln  County  (now,  1914,  Clark  County), 
Nevada. 

KINGS  RIVER  RAILWAY  COMPANY— Incorporated, 
California,  October  21,  1 909.  Chartered  to  build  from 
Wahtoke  on  line  of  Fresno  County  Railway  along  easterly  bank 
of  Kings  River  to  Piedra. 

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FULLERTON  AND  RICHFIELD  RAILWAY  COM- 
PANY— Incorporated,  California,  February  18,  1910.  Char- 
tered to  build  from  Fullerton  to  Richfield,  Orange  County,  Cali- 
fornia, both  stations  on  line  of  The  Atchison,  Topeka  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway,  to  shorten  the  line  between  Los  Angeles 
and  San  Bernardino  via  Riverside — unofficially  termed  the 
"Fullerton   cut-off." 

It  may  be  stated  here  that  the  mileage  of  The  California, 
Arizona  and  Santa  Fe  Railway  (incorporated  December  21, 
191  1  as  above  stated),  was  leased  to  The  Atchison,  Topeka 
and  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company  by  instrument  dated  March  1 , 
1912,  and  is  operated  as  part  of  the  Atchison  System. 


MINKLER  This  is  a  new  branch  line,  connecting  at 

SOUTHERN  Minkler  Station  on  the  Valley  Division,  now 
RAILWAY  being  constructed  by  the  Santa  Fe  under  char- 
COMPANY  ter  granted  in  name  of  Minkler  Southern  Rail- 
way Company  of  date  May  22,  1913,  "to 
build  from  the  Station  of  Minkler,  in  the  County  of  Fresno,  State 
of  California,  easterly  for  a  distance  of  three  miles,  more  or 
less,  to  a  point,  and  thence  in  a  general  southerly  and  south- 
easterly direction  to  the  town  of  Exeter,  in  the  County  of  Tulare, 
State  of  California,  a  total  distance  of  forty  miles,  more  or  less; 
together  with  a  branch  extending  from  the  Station  of  Cutler,  in 
said  Tulare  County,  easterly  a  distance  of  one  and  one-half  miles, 
more  or  less,  to  a  junction  with  the  first  mentioned  line  of  railroad 
— 41.5  miles."  This  construction  at  date,  (June,  1914)  is 
still  incomplete  and  the  line  not  yet  in  operation. 


In  addition  to  the  above  exclusively  owned  mileage  the 
Santa  Fe  owns  jointly  and  equally  with  the  Southern  Pacific 
Company  the  stock  of  the  Sunset  Railway  Company  and  the 
Northwestern  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  the  operations  of  both 
of  which  companies  are  separately  reported  to  the  Commission. 


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Pamphlet 

Binder 

Gaylord  Bros. 

Makers 
Stockton,  Calif. 

PAT.  JAN  21,  1908 


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